16-bit 16FX Microcontrollers - Fujitsu

Fujitsu announced its the 16FX microcontroller series, the next-generation 16-bit microcontrollers. The MCUs retains compatibility with the current 16LX microcontrollers while providing major performance enhancements including up to five times the computing power, an 80 percents power consumption reduction compared to its predecessor.

Program execution is about 3 times faster (depending on the memory model used) than 16LX at the same clock frequency. For example at 24MHz, the 16FX achieves more than 11 real MIPS (Dhrystone 2.1). New technology and improved design allow CPU frequencies up to 56MHz.

Low power consumption is achieved by means of Fujitsu’s new 0.18um CMOS process technology, lower internal CPU voltage of 1.8V, a peripheral clock speed selectable independently from CPU speed, and a reduced number of clocks per instruction.

The 16FX devices have an extended supply range of 3.0 to 5.5V. In case the supply voltage drops momentarily below 3.0V, the on-chip low-voltage-detection reset ensures that the 16FX application will not hang up.

Fujitsu plans to provide approximately 40 devices in this family. The 16FX series comes in a variety of industry-standard packages with pin-counts from 48 to 144. Engineering samples are available now with full production coming in June 2007.